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The Weight (2010)

by Andrew Vachss(Favorite Author)

3.59 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0307379191 (ISBN13: 9780307379191)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Pantheon

review 1: Being a huge fan of the Burke series, I hadn't yet read a non-Burke book by Vachss that I liked as much as "The Weight". The main protagonist is very likeable, the story (as always with Andrew Vachss) unfolds slowly and takes unexpected turns, but is never boring. I couldn't put it down. And since I am currently holding up my own work-out routine pretty well, I could sympathize a lot with the main character, who works out every minute he can and is "packing 255 pounds of muscle" (as the blurb says). Even though I am faaaaaaar from packing 255 pounds of muscle and only work out 2-3 times a week (hey, I am trying ;).
review 2: The Weight by Andrew Vachss (Pantheon Books 2010)(Fiction - Mystery) is the least satisfying book from this normally very satisfying autho... morer. This is either a stand-alone novel or the start of a new series, but it is not a continuation of the author's fine "Burke" series. Like Burke, this story follows a streetwise ex-con career criminal with no living blood family. In the weight, the protagonist "Sugar" has been wrongly convicted of a crime which he would never commit. Can he clear his reputation and tie up the loose ends which could endanger him in the future? Unlike most of the Burke series, in this tale, the reader doesn't really care. My rating: 3/10, finished 10/19/12. less

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